Jefferson County school board to vote on buying more local chicken

9:38 PM,
Jun. 22, 2013

Free range chickens

Written by

Zahra Farah
| The Courier-Journal

The Jefferson County Board of Education plans to vote Monday on awarding a contract to a farmer to provide 20,000 pounds of chicken during the fall semester as part of a program to promote locally grown food.

The farm would provide antibiotic-free legs and thighs to about 100,000 students. The school district says its goal is to help children learn more about where their food comes from and support the local economy.

Although the aim is to support local farmers, the contract to be voted on says the farm can be from anywhere within a 150-mile radius, which would include parts of Indiana, Illinois, ...